Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana

Coordinates: 39°38′56″N 85°53′32″W / 39.64889°N 85.89222°W / 39.64889; -85.89222
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Moral Township
Township
Coordinates: 39°38′56″N 85°53′32″W / 39.64889°N 85.89222°W / 39.64889; -85.89222
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyShelby
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total36.7 sq mi (95 km2)
 • Land36.56 sq mi (94.7 km2)
 • Water0.14 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation
[1]
794 ft (242 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total4,617
 • Density125.2/sq mi (48.3/km2)
FIPS code18-50994[3]
GNIS feature ID453652

Moral Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,577 and it contained 1,805 housing units.[4]

Moral Township was organized before 1840.[5]

Geography[edit]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.7 square miles (95 km2), of which 36.56 square miles (94.7 km2) (or 99.62%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km2) (or 0.38%) is water.[4]

History[edit]

On September 9, 1969, Moral Township was the site of the deadliest air disaster in the history of Indiana. On that date, Allegheny Airlines flight 853, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 jetliner, registration N988VJ, collided in midair with a Piper PA-28 registration N7374J which was a light general aviation aircraft. After the collision, flight 853 rolled over and crashed into a soybean field near London, Indiana at over 430 mph; none of the 82 people on board survived. The pilot and sole occupant of the PA-28 were killed upon impact with the tail assembly of the DC-9. With a death toll of 83,[clarification needed] this is the deadliest aviation disaster in the history of Indiana.[6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  5. ^ History of Shelby County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 277.
  6. ^ Maccabe, Tom (September 8, 2019). "Remembering Indiana's worst air disaster, 50-years later". WRTV. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

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